Popular Post Snoozin Posted February 26, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2018 Met some fellow watercooled Porsche owners on the weekend and we parked up together for a bit. 1989 Porsche 962 Brun-965-Edit by Richard Opie, on Flickr 19 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I've said it before but damn that blue colour is so awesome on a 944. And paint so nice. Most 944s I have seen seem to be red (and a bit faded these days) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Fuck that 962 is lush. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoozin Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 B H G. Gotta stop hanging out with Sheeper. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8Pete Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 2JZ no shit. Overnight parts. From Japan. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvyMike Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Damn... what is that paint code? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoozin Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 On 07/04/2018 at 13:36, IvyMike said: Damn... what is that paint code? I'm not sure. Its called cobalt blue is all I know. Not the best color for one of these but it'll do. Car still broken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Snoozin Posted May 27, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 27, 2018 Brief update for those who want a lol. Head is off and at engine shop. Its corroded and needs welding, the good news is it is straight (at least pre welding) and is not cracked. Has been hot tanked and cleaned up all spiffy like. I suppose the fact the car had been sitting for a long time with minimal to no glycol in the cooling system might have something to do with this all. The head gasket is fuuuuuccckeed. Just crumbles away, it's all rotten? Exhaust valve guides are worn out. Valves recommended to be ground. So that's in process at the moment. Its costing $1400, probably not all that bad but still. I've also taken all the alloy bits that have come off in the process to HPC for a coat of "sterling silver" HiPerCoat which should give the engine bay a bit of a zchoosh up. Anywhoo once the head has been surfaced we can order the right head set (head has a minimum thickness and influences which head gasket to buy) and whap it all back together. Then wait for something else to shit itself. Yay German cars. 10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Snoozin Posted June 19, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 19, 2018 Fresh-ish head, back and ready to be bolted back on. 1991 Porsche 944 S2-436 by Richard Opie, on Flickr 1991 Porsche 944 S2-440 by Richard Opie, on Flickr Corrosion still present. It was badly corroded between 3 and 4, probably where it was losing it's compression. Overall head thickness is still within OEM gasket spec so that's quite nice. A few skims left in it for future issues 1991 Porsche 944 S2-445 by Richard Opie, on Flickr Air and fuel goes in here. Look at the cleanliness!!! 1991 Porsche 944 S2-451 by Richard Opie, on Flickr 1991 Porsche 944 S2-453 by Richard Opie, on Flickr Under these retainers, there's new valve guides. Valves and seats have been cut. 1991 Porsche 944 S2-458 by Richard Opie, on Flickr 1991 Porsche 944 S2-462 by Richard Opie, on Flickr Inlet manifold looking all spiffy and HPC coated. Not bad, it's a pretty cool casting, equal length runners from the plenum and all. Driving again soon I hope. 17 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Snoozin Posted July 8, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 8, 2018 It's back at home now! 1991 Porsche 944 S2-478 by Richard Opie, on Flickr Wasn't without it's hassles though. The head has a couple of oil galleries that run front to back to feed the cams. They have a frost plug style cap at each end, which get removed for the cleaning process. Anyway, one of these leaked once the head was back on and the car had oil pressure. Naturally it was the trickiest one to access. I talked to Engine Specialties, who reconditioned the head, and Glen agreed to check it out. In the end they sorted the problem out in situ, and free of charge the next day. Good guys, would recommend. So it's all back together now, looks pretty decent with the freshly refinished and cleaned stuff. The cam cover is some kind of Mercedes colour I picked out of a book. Note there's a new expansion tank for the cooling system, new cap etc etc. Not taking any chances. 1991 Porsche 944 S2-468 by Richard Opie, on Flickr 1991 Porsche 944 S2-469 by Richard Opie, on Flickr 1991 Porsche 944 S2-471 by Richard Opie, on Flickr Onto the next problem - a hot start issue where the car requires some serious cranking and occasional throttle to get started. Will start with looking at the DME (main ECU/fuel pump) relay, and make a little jump lead to rule this out. Otherwise cam sensor, flywheel reference sensor and coolant temp sensor are possible suspects. Yay for old German electrics 15 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 So clean! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoozin Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 Yeah pretty neat to have it home! Still got a few jobs to do, brakes are high on the list to sort out now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dell'orto Posted July 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2018 I think a stationary full load cooling system test is worth doing. Just for peace of mind, naturally. 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Is this thing old enough that it uses a cold start injector? If so, the issue could be sense wire to starter motor or thermo-time switch. Other issues are that the auxiliary air valves go out of spec over time and need adjustment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoozin Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 No cold start injector on this thing. These don't use the older AAV type idle control that is adjustable. Later cars with the Bosch Motronic have a solenoid type IACV which either works, or leaks and you get a rough idle. You can see the IACV lurking between runners 1 and 2 on the inlet manifold. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kws Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 No easy diagnostic software hookup on it? That blue is amazeballs btw. I wish my photo skillz were half as good as yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoozin Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 These do have a diagnostic ability, it's not easy or particularly cheap to sort out the use of Durametric software but I am talking to someone who may be able to help me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Glad you got this sorted man, was sad panda when I seen it had died straight away. Google says people use a $50 aliexpress device to get codes and reset shit on these porches. Worth a look. There’s really not that many things to go wrong and give you the issue, just takes ages to actually work through a process and find the cause vs pray and spray with new parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoozin Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 Yeah it nearly didn't happen. But nevermind. I'll try to do this methodically instead of frittering money on parts and trial and erroring it. Old electrics (especially European) are such a pain in the ass but luckily all the tables/charts with what I should be seeing at the ECU end are pretty easy to come by and even a dunce like me can understand most of the diagnostic procedures. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8Pete Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Saw these and thought of you. Hopefully won't ever need them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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